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13/04/2024

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PLAINLY

In a plain manner; clearly.

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SUPERSALIENT

Leaping upon. [Obs.]

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MULLA

Same as Mollah.

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BENEFACTOR

One who confers a benefit or benefits. Bacon.

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BOTANOMANCY

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sageand fig leaves.

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REDAN

A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form asalient angle toward the enemy.

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SPOROCYST

An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larvalforms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and otherparasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but inits turn produces other larvæ by internal budding, or by thesubdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minutegerms. See Redia.

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NIZAM

The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India,since 1719.

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HOGGERY

Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.

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ANTISTROPHON

An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

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DISCAMP

To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.

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ABLUTIONARY

Pertaining to ablution.